A trip to Arizona

Corey and I went to Arizona to visit our friends. We stayed at Erik and Kami's house. Kami and Corey meet about 10 years ago at a semester in Nauvoo. I met Kami in one of my student wards at BYU and later became my roommate. Corey and I met each other through Kami. I cannot believe that much time had passed. Sometimes it seems like those days just barely happened and then other times I feel like it seems ages ago. 

Corey and I were excited to be in the warm Arizona weather and let the kids play outside in the sun. Boy were we ever wrong. As soon as we came to the AZ border, there was rain and lots of it. Then the rain turned to ice and then a blizzard. Corey had to follow the semi trucks just to be able to follow the road. There was hours of driving 20 miles an hour in a blizzard! We saw rain for our entire trip there. Roads and neighborhoods were flooded ever. What a week to go to AZ! We actually had a great time and enjoyed seeing our friends.

We also were able to see the Proudfits. They use to be our neighbors. Our kids played everyday together and our families spent a lot of time together. We have missed them not living next door. Peyton and Weston have really missed each other the most. 

We also were able to Amber and Jake. I met Amber in the dorms at BYU and were roommates and good friends all through college. Then we hung out after we were both married. So it was fun to see their family and get caught up.  (Somehow my pictures were deleted on my camera. I will post the pics with them as soon as they are forwarded to me.)

Corey and I celebrated our birthdays in Arizona as well. Our birthdays are just a few days a part. We are not as old as the candle proclaims. Corey and I are not over the hill yet!  

Corey and I were talking about how all of our good friends have moved to Arizona. What is up with that! No more friends our allowed to move to AZ! :) One thing for sure, it helps that friends live within 45 minutes of each other, making it easier to see all of them. Thanks for letting us come visit and for all the fun times!

A Week of Annisten....

Two weeks ago Annisten seemed to have mishap after mishap. Every time I turned around, there was a new dilemma! Here is the top three....

3. How not to use bubble bath.
 Bubble bath in and all over the toilet. That was a messy clean up.

2.  Car wash crisis.
The kids love to sit in the front seat of my car at the car wash. They were both in the front seat having a merry time. All of the sudden they were both screaming. I look over , the window is down and water is pouring into the car. Annisten thought it would be fun to push all of the buttons in the car and managed to roll down the window. I tried to roll up the window and realized that one of the rubber stripes that washes your car was stuck in the window. I had to braking the car wash and try and untangle the mess. By the time I was able to roll up the window....the kids, the car, and me were soak! I am just thankful we did not break the car wash!!!!

1. Problems with Lipgloss
Annisten loves to look at my makeup. I was cleaning the bathroom and could not keep her little fingers out of things. Annisten said "Look mommy, I pretty." When I turned and looked I saw disaster. She had found a tin of red lipgloss and put it all over her hair. Needless to say that it did not come out either. So Annisten had greasy, red streaked hair for several days. The grease stayed in long into the next week.

Peyton and Annisten's conversation that night in the bath tub. ..... "Oh Anni, I love your hair. It looks beautiful." Peyton said. "Thanks Peyton. It is red." Annisten said.